BLENNERHASSETT / HASSETT family of TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH19_Tasmania_TA.xlsx) revised January 2012, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2012 Thanks to all who have contributed to these pages - please send additions & corrections to email: [email protected] TA 01 >|>> <???> Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>|>> James Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hassett b.c1857 >>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hassett / | (alias Hassett) New Zealand Editor | b.26.12.1896 Zeehan, Tasmania m. <???> | emig. to New Zealand perhaps(?) d.1927 in NZ | | with his brother / |>>Michael Hassett Perhaps(?) identical with: | John James Blennerhassett m.8.10.1896 (1st cousin) | b.9.6.1898 Zeehan, Tasmania Timothy Blennerhassett who is said to have | / at Zeehan, Tasmania | d.?.6.1882 bur. Point Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia | both moved on to Hobart, / |>><son> Hassett | Tasmania c1850/51; Charlotte Ann | It is possible(?) the above description is wrong and | James later settled at Blennerhassett |>><dau.> Hassett Timothy Blennerhassett (above) is this Timothy Hassett: | Sydney, NSW, Australia (alias Hassett) | b.c1809/10 St. Michaels Parish, Co.Limerick, Ireland; | / b.16.7.1868 |>><dau.> Hassett emig. to Tasmania; of Three Hut Point, Tasmania 1885 | m. <???> at Launceston, Tasmania; | / | perhaps(?) d.1927 in NZ |>><dau.> Hassett d.27.9.1885 at Three Hut Point; Will - £100 to his wife | dau. of John "Jack" James ["The Mercury" Hobart 3.10.1885 and 24.11.1885]; | Blennerhassett (TA 04) bur. in the graveyard of St.James' Church (RC) Cygnet; | headstone inscription does not mention his wife |>>John "Jack" James >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Constance >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Molly Benson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Jenny Direen >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | Blennerhassett Sr | (Madeline ?) Blennerhassett | d. post.1990 | / | | (alias Hassett) | (alias Hassett) | of Hobard, Tasmania; | m. Michael Derrico | | b.c1830/35 Ireland (death | b.19.5.1865 | she let the farm after her | (whose bro. John Derrico | | record indicates b.1830) | at Point Cygnet, Tasmania | husband died | is a racing cyclist, who | | d.22.12.1914 at | / | / | won the 2000m wheel 1972) |>> | 100 Goulburn St., Hobart, | m.11.6.1883 Hobart; | m. (RC) <???> Direen | | | Tasmania; Labourer | (John) Joseph Benson | farmer; d.c1982 | |>> | / | | | | | Believed to be RC; | | | |>> photos: courtesy of Bette Barnes | went to New Zealand with his | | | | | brother James Blennerhassett; | | | |>> NOTE: Three Hut Point, previously known by its native | then c1850/51 both moved | | | | name "Taroonawenna", is now named "Gordon"; in the | on to Hobart, Tasmania, | | | |>> south of Tasmania, 30km from Cygnet Point, it was called | where John settled | | | Three Hut Point because the first houses were a Police | / | | |>>Bevan Direen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Court, a Watch House and a dwelling for a constable | m.13.6.1864 (not 1863) | | | / | / | at St.Joseph's RC Church, | | | m. <???> | m.7.8.1854 Hobart, Tasmania; | Hobart, Tasmania; | photos: courtesy of Bette Barnes | | Ann Kerwin (not Kennir); of Co.Carlow, Ireland; | Charlotte Ellen | | | |>> she was tried 27.2.1849 at Wicklow, Ireland, | FitzGerald Ross | | | | accused of setting fire to a house; found guilty | b.c1846 Westminster, | | | | and transported to Tasmania for 7 years | (London), England | | | | | / | | | |>> if it is Timothy, he may also be identical with: | emig. to Victoria, Australia; | | | | Timothy Hassett, transported to Tasmania from | Australia c1851; moved to | | | | <???> on ship "Louisa", arriving 28.5.1845; | Tasmania, Australia c1860 | | | | Went on to NSW; | servant in 1864; | | | |>> made application to bring out his family | d.31.7.1925 Armadale, | | | | | Victoria; bur. 1.8.1925 | | | | if it is Timothy, he may also be identical with: | Brighton Cemetery, Victoria | | | | Timothy Hassett who was a farmer at North West Bay, | | | | |>> Kingsborough, Tasmania in 1866 | | | | | [Kingsborough Directory 1866] | | | | |>> | | | | | | | |>><???> Direen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | / | | | m. <???> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Charlotte Ellen FitzGerald Ross | John "Jack" James Hassett | Kathleen Laura Hassett | Hassett c1846-1925 | c1835-1914 | c1892-1968 TA 01 | / | | (TA 05) TA 02 | / | | | (MARY) JANE FITZGERALD: | |>>Charlotte Helen Benson >>>>>>|>> Mary Constance Grace >>>>>>>|>> | Charlotte Ellen Fitzgerald Ross | | b.12.12.1887 Tasmania b.15.10.1917 d.16.7.1974 | | was a daughter of Robert | | / Ashfield, Sydney, NSW | | Stewart Ross, gentleman, | | m.8.4.1911 / | | and Mary Jane FitzGerald | | Philip Thomas Grace m.1940 Sydney, NSW | | (b.c1823/6) | | b.1878 Hobart, Tasmania William Henry French | | / | | b.1915 Paddington, | | (Mary) Jane FitzGerald married: | | Sydney; d.31.12.1974 | | m.1st Robert Stewart Ross | | Belfield, Sydney, NSW | | (in England?) | | | | they had a daughter: Charlotte | | | | Ellen FitzGerald Ross - | | | | her husband R. S. Ross died; | | | | as a widow she was tried, | | | | convicted and transported | | | | (from Wales?) to Tasmamia | | | | / | | | | m.2nd Thomas Tynan, | | | | (in Tasmania) | | | | they four children: | | | | John Thomas Tynan, | | | | Ann Jane Tynan, | | | | William Martin Tynan | | | | another who d. in infancy | | | | / | | |>> | m.3rd Thomas Douglass | | | | (in Tasmania, late in life) | | | | / | | | | (Mary) Jane F.T.D. is buried | | | | at Cornelian Bay Cemetery, | | |>> | Hobart (pauper section) | | | | as "Jane Douglass" | | | | | | | | | | | ? | | | ? | | | | | | | |>>Michael Hassett b.c1837 | | |>> d.13.5.1872 Tasmania; | | | perhaps(?) a brother | | | of the above… | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | |>>Kathleen Irene Monica >>>>>>>|>> Gloria Grace >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | Benson b.1892 b.?.12.1920 | | | / / ? | | m.1918 William Grace m. Leonard George | | | Corcoran |>> | | b.26.7.1917 | | | | | |>><dau.> Benson >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Frank Walker >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | m. <???> Walker solicitor; served in the | | Royal Australian Navy; | |>><son> Benson of Cranbourne, Victoria | |>><child> Benson / | |>><child> Benson m. 1st <???> | |>><child> Benson / | |>><child> Benson m. 2nd <???> | |>><child> Benson | |>><child> Benson TA 02 | |>><child> Benson TA 03 | |>>John "Jack" Henry >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Fred Hassett | Blennerhassett Jr | / | (alias Hassett) | m. Eileen Barnett | b.9.11.1866 Launceston, | | Tasmania |>>Blenner Thomas Gladstone >>>>>>>>>>|>> Kathleen Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>|>> | / | Hassett | / | | m.9.9.1891 | of Hobart, Tasmania | m. Thomas Salter |>> | Hobart, Tasmania; | b.16.3.1906 d.14.12.1979 | | | Emily Louisa Lord b.c1869 | / | |>> | Port Cygnet, Tasmania | m. Lola Walker b.c1914 | | | | (aunt of Max Walker, | |>> | | the cricketer) | | | | | |>> | | | | | |>>John Henry Hassett | |>> | | b.29.4.1896 Hobart | | | | | |>> | | | | | |>>Robert Hassett | | | | | |>> | |>>Charlotte Louisa "Dolly" | | | | Hassett | |>> | | b.8.10.1897 Hobart | | | | / | |>> | | m. William Wood | | | |>>Yvonne Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | / | | | | m. Stephan Bagorski d. |>> | | | | | |>>Rhona Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | / | | | | m. Paul Puncheon |>> | | | | | | |>>Barry Hassett |>> | | | | | |>>Elsie Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | / | | | | m. Denis Lester |>> | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | |>>Pat Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | / | | | | m. Peter Howard |>> | | | | | |>>Blenner Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | | / | | | | m. Maree Grant |>> | | | (her 2nd m.) | | | | |>> | | | | | |>>Dianne Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | / | | | m. Peter Duggan |>> | | | |>>Andrew Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Anthony "Tony" Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | / | of Tasmania; | | | m. <???> | / | | | | m. Pamela Tuton (Turton?) |>> | |>>Mary Hassett | | | / |>>Peter Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> | | m. Jack Tonks of Tasmania | | | / |>> | | m. Gywn <???> | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | TA 03 | | TA 04 | | | |>>Ismay Clarice Mary Hassett >>>>>>|>> Eileen Mary Hassett >>>>>>>>>>|>> | | b.8.2.1900 d.9.10.1928 b.27.9.1920 at Salvation | | | / Army Home for Girls, Elim; | | | p.1st Thomas Broughton (?) d.17.8.1998 | | | / / | | | / m.c1938 | | | / Albert Charles Broadby | | | / b.29.10.1915 d.1.7.1978 | | | / | | | p.2nd Clyde Tonks >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Albert Clyde Hassett | | | | (aka Robert Charles Morris | | | | & William Charles Morris) | | | | / | | | | m.1st 15.9.1944 to <???> | | | | (son: Barry Clive Morris) | | | | / | | | | m.2nd 1954 to <???> |>> | | | | | | |>>Jack Francis Hassett | | | | b.27.10.1923 Hobart, d. | | | | | | ? |>>Ray Hassett | | ? | b.17.2.1925 Hobart, d. |>> | ? | | | | |>>Lola Mary Hassett | | | | b.13.4.1926 d. | | | | |>> | | |>>Jean Phyllis Hassett | | | b.17.5.1927 of W.A. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>one of the above >>>>>>>>>>>|>> <dau.> <???> | | / | | m. Thomas Reardon | | of Cygnet, Tasmania |>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>> | | | | | | | | | | |>>Charlotte Ann Blennerhassett>|>> >>>issue (TA 01) | (alias Hassett) b.16.7.1868 | at Launceston, Tasmania; | / | m.8.10.1896 (1st cousin) at Zeehan, Tasmania | Thomas Hassett b.c1857; Newspaper Editor, New Zealand | perhaps(?) d.1929 N.Zealand | son of James Blennerhassett (TA 01) | | |>>Charles Blennerhassett (alias Hassett) b.4.7.1872 Launceston | | |>>William Blennerhassett (alias Blenner Hassett) | b.22.8.1875 Hobart, Tasmania (sometimes spelt "Blennard" in error) TA 04 | TA 05 | |>>James "Jim" Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Horace James Hassett >>>>>>>|>> Horace John James >>>>>>>>>|>> | (alias Blenner Hassett) | b.1901 d.c1975 NSW | Hassett; b.2.10.1926 | | b.1876 |